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Federal court to hear appeal on pregnancy center ruling

The Archdiocese of Baltimore issued a press release regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals hearing oral arguments in an appeal of a lower court's ruling in the case of Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien and the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns v. Baltimore City.
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DREAM Act provides means of changing lives

Carlos, a 21-year-old immigrant who has lived in the U.S. since he was 11, is among those looking to the DREAM Act for a chance at a better future.
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Secure communities, secure families, secure church

Our clear voice in response to the clear threat to human dignity caused by abortion, the death penalty, and euthanasia has not weakened or been silenced by legislative agendas or popular opinions. Whenever the church sees the image of God being marred, we are obligated to speak out.
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Buckeystown: A community of sharing in Frederick

FREDERICK – Potluck dinners at St. Joseph on Carrollton Manor, Buckeystown, are more than a good meal and a time to socialize; they are a springboard for conversation and faith sharing.
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Catholic Review should have more HHS coverage

I am perplexed and grieved as to why the Catholic Review is not providing more coverage as to the church's continuing battle with President Barack Obama and his attack on the Catholic Church via the HHS mandate. Not only is this the biggest attack of religious liberty in our lifetime, it has specific dire consequences...
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Religious freedom: Not just Pakistan and China

Thirty-some years ago, I spent a fair amount of time on religious freedom issues: which meant, in those simpler days, trying to pry Lithuanian priests and nuns out of Perm Camp 36 and other GULAG islands. Had you told me in 1982 that one of my “clients,” the Jesuit Sigitas Tamkevicius, would be archbishop of...
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Fix unjust immigration laws rather than subvert them

I am well aware of my foreign heritage and the sacrifices my forbears made adjusting to the law and language of this land helping to make it a much desirable place to live. So, I find disturbing the insinuation that anyone opposed to illegal immigration is opposed to immigration.
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Maryvale senior soars to new heights

BROOKLANDVILLE – Maggie Rampolla said pole-vaulting caught her eye during her freshman year at Maryvale Preparatory School, when she saw a photo in the school’s yearbook of a fellow student attempting the event with the school’s track and field team.
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Lent: Opportunity to teach magnanimity

On March 22, 1959, when the oldest of the baby boomers were in their early teen years, poet Robert Frost appeared on the Sunday morning television news show, “Meet the Press.”
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Educators agree: alcohol, drug awareness starts at home

A conversation Megan Ritchey had with her mother nearly four years ago about alcohol made an impression.
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Mount de Sales senior collects, donates first Communion dresses

Molly Wheltle experienced a “Feeding the 5,000” as she aimed to collect 20 first Communion dresses for the poor.
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